Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash

Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.

Christina Patricola, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University • conversation
May 30, 2023 • ~7 min

2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño

El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.

Nicholas Grondin, Recent PhD Graduate in Geography, University of Tennessee • conversation
May 25, 2023 • ~9 min

China's hypersonic missiles threaten US power in the Pacific – an aerospace engineer explains how the weapons work and the unique threats they pose

China’s newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27, could sideline US aircraft carrier groups in the Pacific, while missiles in the works in China, Russia and the US threaten global security.

Iain Boyd, Director, Center for National Security Initiatives; Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
May 24, 2023 • ~8 min

Fur seals on a remote island chain are exposed to huge amounts of toxic heavy metals – yet somehow, they're healthy

The mystery surrounding a forgotten marine mammal, a remote archipelago and man-made pollution.

Constanza Toro Valdivieso, Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge • conversation
April 29, 2023 • ~6 min

We found long-banned pollutants in the very deepest part of the ocean

No place on Earth is free from pollution.

Anna Sobek, Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Head of Department of Environmental Sciences, Stockholm University • conversation
April 28, 2023 • ~6 min

'Statistically impossible' heat extremes are here – we identified the regions most at risk

Afghanistan and Central America have growing populations, limited resources, and the potential for more extreme heatwaves.

Nicholas Leach, Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford • conversation
April 26, 2023 • ~7 min

La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here's how it affected weather around the world

The Pacific Ocean climate pattern is the opposite of El Niño.

Jayasankar Pillai, Research Fellow, Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
Feb. 28, 2023 • ~7 min

Why the UK has only had one named storm so far this winter – an expert explains

An expert explains why the UK’s winter has been relatively calm.

Len Shaffrey, Professor of Climate Science, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading • conversation
Feb. 23, 2023 • ~6 min

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

From bushfires in Australia to insect-borne disease outbreaks in Colombia.

Paloma Trascasa-Castro, PhD Candidate in Climate Science, Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, University of Leeds • conversation
Jan. 26, 2023 • ~7 min

Fukushima to release contaminated water – an expert explains why this could be the best option

Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is set to release radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean – but the cause for concern is minimal.

Jim Smith, Professor of Environmental Science, University of Portsmouth • conversation
Jan. 23, 2023 • ~7 min

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